Cladrastis
(derivation obscure). ORD. Leguminosae. A small genus, containing but a couple of species of hardy deciduous trees. They succeed in almost any soil or situation. Propagated by imported seed, sown in the open air, in spring; or by cuttings of the roots. (It is only during hot seasons that seeds are ripened in this country.) C. amurensis (Amoor).* fl. greenish-white, small, disposed in long, dense, erect racemes. l. unequally pinnate, with three to four pairs of ovate-oblong leaflets. h. 6ft. Amoor Valley, 1880. Very ornamental. SYN. Maackia amurensis. (B. M. 6551.) C. tinctoria (dyers'). fl. white, drooping from the ends of the branches in ample panicled racemes. May. l. nearly smooth, pinnate; leaflets from seven to eleven, oval or ovate. North America. SYN. Virgilia lutea.